Category Archives: Life

A Potter’s Touch (shaped by life experiences)

The Potter’s Wheel (when life won’t stop shaping you) You know that feeling when life [...]

You’re Not Actually Nice, You’re Just Scared

The people who can’t say no aren’t the nice ones.They’re the scared ones.And I know [...]

Feeling Stuck? (why giving up hope might be the answer)

When you’re feeling stuck, everyone tells you to have hope. Here’s what they don’t tell [...]

Expectations Are Premeditated Disappointments

I’ve been thinking about expectations and how they’re basically premeditated disappointments. Like, every single disappointment [...]

Reflections (why do people see things differently)

Why Nobody Sees Your Universe I wrote this after watching two people argue about a [...]

Your Body Is Not Your Enemy (even when it feels like it)

Yesterday I spent forty minutes hate-googling symptoms because my left eye was twitching. Turns out [...]

Why You Can’t Stop Catastrophizing (and why you’re usually wrong)

We all love that old farmer story – you know, the one where everything that [...]

Why Being Present is So Hard

While unfulfilled expectations, along with all the best-and-brightest moments of “There and Then,” seductively lure [...]

Why Staying Open When You Want to Shut Down Is the Hardest Thing

What “Staying Open” Actually Means It’s not some spiritual achievement. It’s choosing to feel the [...]

When Your Mind Won’t Shut Up

When your mind won’t shut up (the real difference between thinking & awareness) Your brain [...]

When Someone Says, “This is exactly how I feel”

The first time someone messaged me saying my words described something they’d never been able [...]

Sometimes Tending Means Cutting (self-care doesn’t always feel good)

Eyes closed, heart open wide, sensing life on the rising tide, welcoming the ride, in [...]

I woke up today!

I woke up today! If you’re reading this message, you did too. Many are not [...]

The Power of Inspiration (how to tap into your creative flow)

Often, I get so inspired that all I want to do is capture the vision [...]

Why people avoiding talking about emotional pain and feelings?

Why is it so hard to talk about your feelings, especially the ones that feel [...]

Why People Get Uncomfortable Around Illness (what it really means)

When the Mirror Speaks (hidden truths in our reactions) I have photos from when I [...]

When Being Emotionally Aware Becomes Another Full-Time Job

The Exhaustion of Having Your Shit Together There’s a specific kind of tired that comes [...]

Words Without Walls

Uncharted. In the Lines of a Scribble My hand was moving before my brain caught [...]

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Between Sun and Shadow, We Are (embracing life’s complexities)

I was standing in my kitchen yesterday, completely losing my shit over something ridiculous (probably [...]

The Healing Path 𑿛 (how I learned to stop fighting my body and start living in it)

Let me be clear from the start: This isn’t a story about how herbs cured [...]